The Portland daily press., 1887-04-12
SPRING FREshETs.
A Rise In Many Rivers Caused by
Melting Snow.

HARTFORD. vt, April 11.-A rise in White
river from melting snow carried out seven
supports next the eastern abutment and two
middle ones Of the temporary trestle where
the accident occurred on the Central Yer
mont Railroad, Feb. 9TH. The river is still
rising. When the ice above moves it is expec-
ted the remaining trestlework will be carried
away. Anticipating such result, trains
were run all day Sunday, and the yards at
White River Junction were cleared of
freight going north. The last train crossed
the trestle" at o'clock last night. Att
o'clock the trestle moved out of line. Pas
sengers are carried around from Hartford
station to aboye the trestle. Through freight
will go temporarily via Rutland. Through
passengers and mail from below Concord for
above Montpelier via Wells River. 1t will
take two weeks more after the river is clear
to rebuild the trestle. Immediately there
after the railroad VIII build an iron bridge
$50 feet long.
HARTFORD, Ct, April 1.-THE Connecti-
cut River began to rise rapidly last night,
and had jumped from IL feet above low
water mark to 16 feet above at noon above
at noon to-day. 1t is now rising 3 inches an
hour and promises one of the heaviest
freshets for years, unless there is a cool
wave.
MALONE, N. Y, April 11.-High water
has caused great destruction Of property in
this vicinity. Trains from the west arrived
halt an hour late this morning. but there is
no chance of any train or mail from the East
The track is washed out and covered with
water at Rock Cut, Ellenburg N. Y, also
dump washed out near Mooers Forks, n. Y,
and cannot be repaired until the water SUBJ
sides. The water here is two feet higher
than ever known before. The fiume of the
ckn y, IA
bridge at Fort Coyington, N. Y, went out
last night, and smaller bridges too numerous
to mention have gone the same way.
CONCORD, N. H., April Lice went out
of the Merrimac last night and the river has
been rising rapidly since morning, the banks
in some places being overtiowed. There are
indications tonight of heavy freshet.
CoNToocooK, N. H., April ll.-Contoo-
cook and Warner rivers are rapidly over
flowing their banks to-day In consequence of
the warm weather prevailing since yester-
day morning. All mills at this place have
suspended business to-day and the water has
crept up to the foundations of some build
ing on the bank Of Contoocook river.
TROY, n. Y, April 11.--High water on the
Hudson at Still Water this morning carried
away two sections of the iron toll bridge
from Still Water to Schaghticoke The river
at Troy is oyer the docks but no damage has
been done.
NASHUA, N. H., April 16.--The Merrimac
and Nashua rivers have been rising during
the day. The water in the Merrimac IS
seven feet above low water mark and has in
creased two feet in volume today, and rising
at the rate Of eleven inches per hour. To-
night the Ice has gone out from the rivers
and corporations were obliged to use steam
power today.
CANAJoHARIE, N. Y, April 11.-So many
telegraph poles along the Mohawk river
have been knocked down by floating ice that
no instruments along the Central railroad
are at work. The ice Is piled on the track
| at Palatine bridge, and the track is sub
merged at several points along the road.
One abutment Of the Palatine bridge is part